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🎥 OTD 2011: Barcelona win the UCL in magical style in opposition to Man Utd 🔥

To many, Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona is the most effective membership aspect of the fashionable period, and on at the present time 14 years in the past, they reached their zenith with a magical Champions League closing efficiency and victory over Manchester United at Wembley.

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The 2 golf equipment had met two years prior within the Rome closing, in what was Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez’s final video games for United, but additionally the evening Pep Guardiola confirmed he was the actual cope with a dominant win in opposition to the favourites and defending champions.

By 2011, Sir Alex Ferguson’s aspect had been nonetheless prime canine in England however removed from the aspect they had been at their very own peak. The legendary supervisor claimed to have realized from the humbling within the Italian capital, but when something, it was an ever extra one-sided contest in London.

Barça put United’s midfield on one other carousel to cite Michael Carrick, and their entrance three of Lionel Messi, David Villa and Pedro all struck in a ruthless 3-1 win.

Wayne Rooney’s good aim had given United hope at one level, nevertheless it was not meant to be because the Spanish giants proved a category above the Crimson Devils like that they had everybody throughout the continent.

After the sport, Ferguson was magnanimous in his reward of Barça, labelling them  “the most effective crew we have confronted” in his 26 years at Previous Trafford, whereas Guardiola confirmed his spot because the pre-eminent coach within the fashionable sport.

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We’ve not fairly seen a aspect like that Barcelona classic since, and it is unlikely we are going to anytime quickly.

📸 LLUIS GENE